Stonemason Contest

I see Stonemason's models in a lot of Bryce images (in a few if mine as well) and I noticed that he has a image contest. The grand prize is his entire model catalog(115 models!).
Link here:http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/15430

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I hope the prizes goes to the professional Artists that they present real and modern and new ideas in CG 3d Art
As I will not participate in this contest but this didn't prevent me to present my hopes to all who will participate in this contest and I say to them if you introduce a new ideas in our art that walk side by side with our World civilization and futuristic ideas ......
good luck for all who will participate in this contest ......

I see Stonemason's models in a lot of Bryce images (in a few if mine as well) and I noticed that he has a image contest. The grand prize is his entire model catalog(115 models!).
Link here:http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/15430

Thanks for highlighting this here Dan. I was thinking about doing it myself as well.

It is a great contest, and a wonderful prize list for those of us who do use imported models in our renders.

It occurs to me that if a bryce render using some of the advanced lighting options of Bryce were to win this contest that could concievably attract a whole bunch of new users to Bryce since Stonemason's work is so well known and so widely popular.

Agreed, simply posting exceptional Bryce made renders showcasing Stonemason's models into the contest thread will generate interest from forum viewers, because in the end everyone wants to create better art. Show them what can be done with Bryce.

I am hoping we will get a few Bryce renders entered. I know I will enter, although I don't think I have any chance of winning, it's the taking part that counts.

I don't know Pam, I gather what's really going to determine the winner is artwork that pops. To me artwork that pops is artwork that is creative and makes the viewers mind go beyond the image. I think you have that ability. Maybe you won't get a top prize but I'd be surprized if you didn't get any of the prizes.

Agreed, simply posting exceptional Bryce made renders showcasing Stonemason's models into the contest thread will generate interest from forum viewers, because in the end everyone wants to create better art. Show them what can be done with Bryce.

You're right, I shouldn't have said win, in my original comment, whether a Bryce image wins or not isn't really important but if Bryce 7 Pro's abilities get shown off to the extent I've seen many members of this forum capable of then I think it will definitely make a few people say, "whoa, I didn't know Bryce could do that, I better look into Bryce more."

Pam, oooh, I like that and not a pastel shade in sight! All that lovely contrast.

Dave, an imaginative and striking image, you talented devil you!

Horo, the fish-eye lens works so well in this scene I'm going to try and cook something up for this contest too using that! What a good idea. It adds an almost Escheresque quality to the bridges and buildings as the twist and overlap one another in what now looks like a non-Euclidean space. Very cool! I'm going to try and throw in an impossible DOF effect to mine for good measure - could take a while to render though...

Quick = less than a five minutes
Normal = up to an an hour
Longer than normal = up to three hours
A while... = up to twenty four hours
Long = up to three days
Very long = up to three weeks
Never again! = longer than three weeks with a powercut at 90% complete - yes I'm still bitter about that...

Horo, the fish-eye lens works so well in this scene I'm going to try and cook something up for this contest too using that! What a good idea. It adds an almost Escheresque quality to the bridges and buildings as the twist and overlap one another in what now looks like a non-Euclidean space. Very cool! I'm going to try and throw in an impossible DOF effect to mine for good measure - could take a while to render though...

Thank you David! I have now all three variants ready, just working on the doc. You should get the stuff hopefully still today.

Horo, the fish-eye lens works so well in this scene I'm going to try and cook something up for this contest too using that! What a good idea. It adds an almost Escheresque quality to the bridges and buildings as the twist and overlap one another in what now looks like a non-Euclidean space. Very cool! I'm going to try and throw in an impossible DOF effect to mine for good measure - could take a while to render though...

Thank you David! I have now all three variants ready, just working on the doc. You should get the stuff hopefully still today.

You guys are so talented, did everyone use the Daz/Bryce bridge, I've had some issues with missing geometry, tho have not yet used it with the latest Daz build. :)

Thanks Ian!

I did use the Bridge but... I used it between an earlier version of DS and an earlier version of Bryce. Not because I anticipated problems, that just happened to be point I bridged this over. As far as possible I try to avoid using DS unless I absolutely have to because it infuriates me so much with it's (to me) impenetrable interface and counter-intuitive controls. I'm sure it's a fine piece of software in the right hands, but clearly mine are not those hands.

I didn't use the DS bridge, as I don't use DS. I exported an OBJ from Poser and then used that in Bryce. It takes a little more setting up in Bryce because some things like transparencies don't show at all, and have to be applied manually, and although the bump maps do carry over, the setting has to be tweaked.

Like Pam, I don't use Daz Studio either and as such, don't use the bridge.
I also just import .obj files and usually re-map all textures to Bryce procedurals.

With most of Stonemason's models I think that would be counter productive because he textures his stuff up so well and the devil in the detail would be really difficult to reproduce with procedurals, but the freebie I used was ideal for Bryce textures.